NW Kentucky News

There were 531 fourth grade students enrolled in Henderson County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 12.3% more than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Spottsville Elementary School welcomed most of the fourth grade students in the county, registering 112 students.

Within Henderson County schools, the highest student population was found in ninth grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in preschool.

Statewide, Henderson County ranked 24th in enrollment numbers. It was also ranked 24th the year before.

Despite escaping some of the pandemic's educational disruptions, Kentucky's achievement gaps have remained an issue since 2019. In the eighth-grade reading assessments, for example, Hispanic students scored eight points lower than their white peers, and the gap reached 15 points in math. Black students fared even worse, falling more than 20 points behind and facing a failure rate nearly double that of their white counterparts.

School	# of 4th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Spottsville Elementary School	112	19.3%	581
Bend Gate Elementary School	91	19.4%	469
South Heights Elementary School	81	17.3%	468
Jefferson Elementary School	62	15.1%	411
East Heights Elementary School	49	12.8%	382
Niagara Elementary School	47	16.3%	288
Cairo Elementary School	45	16.2%	278
A. B. Chandler Elementary School	44	14.6%	302